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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0214
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Cemetery 17, tomb 74, object 1.
1907–1908 : Archaeological Survey of Nubia excavation.Aswan, Elephantine Island, Aswan Museum.
Date : early Naqada II (?)
Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 74 at Khor Bahan (Reisner 1910: 123).
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Complete
Description
The rhomboid palette has angular projections at the ends of the shorter axis and pointed extremities.
Object use
The palette has been used, causing deep hollowing in the central area of at least one face.